Cursing the Day of One’s Birth

The concrete subtleties of Hebrew narrative can easily elude readers versed in theological talking points and religious "viewiness" (to quote...
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Disappointed by Scripture: October 22,...

Every year on October 22nd, Adventists recall th
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Some Thoughts on Pain and Suffering

Introduction
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Spectacle to the Universe and to Each...

I remember the first time I was struck with the question formulated by this lesson’s title: “Does Job Fear God for Nought?” In other words, does...
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Toward an Adventist Theology of Health...

Nothing seems more easy to be defined than death. According to a common technical description, death is the permanent cessation of all vital...
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Job: The Great Controversy

Theodicy, or the justification of God in the face of evil, is a presumptuous undertaking.  Why should deity necessarily be the epitome of all that is...
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"The End" and the Beginning

There is only one serious reason for not being a Biblical monotheist. This is an inability to integrate, theoretically and practically, the idea of a...
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How Shall We Wait?

 Matthew 24:35-25:46 In this passage of Scripture, the first truth that is elucidated is the fact that no one knows “the day, nor the hour” (Matthew...
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How Not to Defend Genesis

I believe that God created the earth, its inhabitants, the universe, and everything in it. I believe God is capable of having done that in any way...
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Toward an Adventist Theology of Health...

According to the Spanish essayist and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno (The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations, Madrid 1912), pain is the...
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